The Finanser’s Week: 11th July – 17th July 2011

I’ve enjoyed the Banker’s Top 1000 listings for a long time now and, when last year’s listings came out, looked back over the last twenty years to see how things had changed. This year’s list has now just been published…

Paul Volcker’s in town and he’s been everywhere! I was invited to one of the events he attended at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), and it’s ten years since I last bumped into Paul …

I got a nudge today from NAB who have just launched a new experiment to find out how honest Australians are. NAB, National Australia Bank, recently pulled the pants down on their competitors by telling them they were all dodgy in a national advertising campaign framed around…

The major general news stories of the week include …

Euro plunged into crisis as contagion hits Italy – The Independent European finance ministers were struggling last night to persuade nervous markets that Italy will not be the next domino to fall in the eurozone's apparently endless succession of sovereign debt crises.

Italy Is 2 Percentage Points From 'Disaster' – Business Week Italian bond yields are less than 2 percentage points away from disaster as its 10-year notes tumble, according to Gary Jenkins, head of fixed-income at Evolution Securities Ltd.

Bank of England pays 82 people more than £100,000 – The Telegraph The Bank of England is paying 82 people more than £100,000 and supplementing many with pension contributions equivalent to almost a third of their salaries again, its annual report reveals.

Antonio Horta-Osorio in charge of Lloyds: the facts – The Telegraph Antonio Horta-Osorio, the Lloyds Banking Group chief executive, is determined to turn around the lender, which is 41pc owned by the UK taxpayer. Here are some facts about his leadership so far.

Drop in City workers on the lookout for new jobs – The Independent Aggressive headhunting tactics could be on the way back to the City after a sharp drop in the number of financial workers looking for a new job, according to a financial services recruitment firm.

Survey Says Banks In Race to Monetize Mobile Payments – Payments News KPMG has released a survey that shows how banks are looking to preserve their place in the payments value chain in light of new competitive threats from non-traditional sources, such as mobile payments. "According to the KPMG survey, 84% of banking and FS execs said mobile payments will have significant.

About Chris M Skinner

Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, the Finanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal’s Financial News. To learn more click here...